diff --git a/src/mono/cmake/config.h.in b/src/mono/cmake/config.h.in
index 4ac722c9d928c..71753f1d47e09 100644
--- a/src/mono/cmake/config.h.in
+++ b/src/mono/cmake/config.h.in
@@ -612,6 +612,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if `st_atimespec' is a member of `struct stat'. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_ATIMESPEC 1
 
+/* Define to 1 if `super_class' is a member of `struct objc_super'. */
+#cmakedefine HAVE_OBJC_SUPER_SUPER_CLASS 1
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/time.h> header file. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_SYS_TIME_H 1
 
diff --git a/src/mono/cmake/configure.cmake b/src/mono/cmake/configure.cmake
index 51cb315d6dcfb..ae55fd112b321 100644
--- a/src/mono/cmake/configure.cmake
+++ b/src/mono/cmake/configure.cmake
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ check_struct_has_member("struct sockaddr_in6" sin6_len "netinet/in.h" HAVE_SOCKA
 check_struct_has_member("struct stat" st_atim "sys/types.h;sys/stat.h;unistd.h" HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_ATIM)
 check_struct_has_member("struct stat" st_atimespec "sys/types.h;sys/stat.h;unistd.h" HAVE_STRUCT_STAT_ST_ATIMESPEC)
 
+if (HOST_DARWIN)
+  check_struct_has_member("struct objc_super" super_class "objc/runtime.h;objc/message.h" HAVE_OBJC_SUPER_SUPER_CLASS)
+endif()
+
 check_type_size("int" SIZEOF_INT)
 check_type_size("void*" SIZEOF_VOID_P)
 check_type_size("long" SIZEOF_LONG)
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-threads-mach-helper.c b/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-threads-mach-helper.c
index 0efe506faf52a..64b49ceabef3a 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-threads-mach-helper.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-threads-mach-helper.c
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ mono_dead_letter_dealloc (id self, SEL _cmd)
 {
 	struct objc_super super;
 	super.receiver = self;
-#if !defined(__cplusplus) && !__OBJC2__
-	super.class = nsobject;
-#else
+#if defined(__cplusplus) || defined(HAVE_OBJC_SUPER_SUPER_CLASS)
 	super.super_class = nsobject;
+#else
+	super.class = nsobject;
 #endif
 	void (*objc_msgSendSuper_op)(struct objc_super *, SEL) = (void (*)(struct objc_super *, SEL)) objc_msgSendSuper;
 	objc_msgSendSuper_op (&super, dealloc);